Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
Synonyms
Examples for "poorly"
Examples for "poorly"
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Objective: Diabetes distress among patients from ethnic minorities is still poorly understood.
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However, the genetic basis of feed utilization in livestock remains poorly understood.
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However, the implications of livebirth bias on risk estimation remain poorly understood.
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However, regulation of local protein synthesis in developing axons remains poorly understood.
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Mr Davidson did not believe Ms Dalziel has handled the situation poorly.
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Though not exactly sickly, neither is the market in the rudest health.
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She certainly looked very pale and sickly, just as Terence had said.
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They looked like brothers in the sickly glow of the seal-oil lamp.
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The Sage of Rotterdam was old and sickly; his day was over.
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Now their unsold homes are the bane of a sickly housing market.
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Flu has peaked in other European countries including Belgium, Ireland and Serbia.
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The coronavirus crisis has still not peaked in the social care sector.
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Still, the World Health Organization warned the epidemic has not yet peaked.
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In the slow-paced group, both components peaked earlier for correct response withholds.
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Reports peaked over the summer months, with 31 incidents in July alone.
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The patient is unwell; the doctor is unwell; the system is broken.
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She reported feeling unwell following her return to Canada earlier this week.
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Another Egyptian source with links to the family said he was unwell.
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That means people have felt unwell and just gone about their business.
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If anyone is unwell and their condition deteriorates, seek medical attention immediately.
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Analysts said the new laptop may help revive the ailing PC market.
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Sisi supporters hope he can bring stability and improve Egypt's ailing economy.
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They later said they would also free Jorge Gechem, an ailing legislator.
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Segars said there would be repercussions too for an ailing labour market.
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Economists have expressed concern the steps could further damage the ailing economy.
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I was always interested in chickens, and dosed all the indisposed as:
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The animals become indisposed, and the secretion of milk is much lessened.
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If the watchman found him again, he'd just say he was indisposed.
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Write him that I am indisposed, and that will end the matter.
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The Commission feels indisposed to initiate any movement looking to its suspension.
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I thought you might be a little under the weather this morning.
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Now whenever I feel under the weather, I reach for my pearls.
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Once, under the weather cloth, I came upon him talking to himself.
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After a week of feeling under the weather I rang my mum.
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I'm feeling a little... under the weather at the moment,' he said.
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In the hall I found a seedy-looking individual of about middle age.
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The area went from congested and commercial to seedy as he walked.
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The crew was seedy; all they did was stop at souvenir stands.
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A seedy boarding house in a seedy part of town, that's all.
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To our right stood a seedy barn enclosed within a dilapidated fence.
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Another few heavy, flat-footed steps and a seedy-looking Pavek was among them.
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Its perception as a seedy locale is just one of several hurdles.
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Once detained, they held him at a seedy motel until backup arrived.
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I do feel a little seedy; it's these horrid cigars of yours.
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But the seedy venue has been dogged by controversy from the start.
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He speaks with a waitress at a seedy cafe called the Virginian.
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The seedy little man entered and was asked courteously to seat himself.
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Slice off the seedy core from each quarter, then chop into dice.
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He was a seedy individual, with a face that was horribly pockmarked.
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But at that moment a thin, seedy-looking man came into the lounge.
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The Edwardian terraces, net-curtained and seedy, ran straight for half a mile.
